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2022 HB 5243: An Act Concerning Adult Sexual Misconduct.

To require the Department of Public Health to administer the Connecticut School Health Survey to students in high schools; to require school personnel to complete training when a student in the school has been the victim of abuse by an adult; to require the Department of Children and Families to develop or adopt bystander training, appropriate interaction with children training, investigative training and victim sensitivity training programs; to extend the statute of limitations for failure to report as a mandated reporter from one year to three years; to authorize the Department of Education to suspend an educator's teaching license if an allegation of abuse or neglect has been substantiated; to require school districts and child care providers to conduct investigations of allegations of abuse or neglect in accordance with a checklist developed by the Department of Children and Families; to require the Department of Education and the Office of Early Childhood to develop a screening checklist for the hiring of prospective employees; and to make such training programs available to youth-serving and religious organizations.

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